Friday 4 January 2019

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Ormandy era 1952 - 1958


1952 – 1953

Programme 1

3, 4 October 1952

Eugene Ormandy

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony

MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov, suite (arr. Ormandy)

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite

Programme 2

10, 11 October 1952

Eugene Ormandy

RIVIER
Symphony No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

THOMSON
Five Songs from William Blake

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Mack Harrell, baritone

Programme 3

17, 18 October 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1

BARBER
Essay No. 2

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite


Programme 4

31 October, 1 November 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1

BRAHMS
Double Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Lorne Munroe, cello

Programme 5

7, 8 November 1952

Eugene Ormandy

VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No. 1

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Lelia Gousseau, piano

Programme 6

14, 15 November 1952

Eugene Ormandy

HONEGGER
Joan of Arc at the Stake

Vera Zorina, actor
Frances Yeend, soprano
Carolyn Long, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo soprano
David Lloyd, tenor

Raymond Gerome, actor  
Kenneth Smith, bass        
Temple University Choirs 
St. Peter's Boys' Choir


Programme 7

21, 22 November 1952

Eugene Ormandy

RESPIGHI
Arie di Corte, suite

FREED
Symphony No. 2 for brasses

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

György Sandor, piano

Programme 8

28, 29 November 1952

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for strings

TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, ballet suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Programme 9

5, 6 December 1952

Eugene Ormandy

DIAMOND
Music for Romeo and Juliet

MENOTTI
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Symphonia domestica

Efrem Zimbalist, violin



Programme 10

12, 13 December 1952

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 7, 'Le midi'

KRENEK
Harp Concerto

McDONALD
From Childhood, suite for harp and orchestra

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Edna Phillips, harp

Programme 11

19, 20 December 1952

Eugene Ormandy

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

MOZART
Flute Concerto

JOHANN STRAUSS II
The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, overture

JOHANN STRAUSS I
Radetzky March

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Egyptian March

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Annen Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Explosion Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz

William Kincaid, flute



Programme 12

26, 27 December 1952

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

William Kapell, violin

Programme 13

2, 3 January 1953

Alexander Hilsberg

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

Programme 14

9, 10 January 1953

Alexander Hilsberg

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BACH
Prelude in E major (orch. Hilsberg)

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel



Programme 15

16, 17 January 1953

Pierre Monteux

BEETHOVEN
King Stephen, Overture

D'INDY
Symphony No. 2

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Programme 16

23, 24 January 1953

Pierre Monteux

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

BADINGS
Ballade

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Programme 17

30, 31 January 1953

Paul Paray

AURIC
Overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

DUKAS
La Peri

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyrie



Programme 18

6, 7 February 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 19

13, 14 February 1953

Eugene Ormandy

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

Rita Kolacz, soprano
Janice Moudry, contralto
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society

Programme 20

27, 28 February 1953

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Suite from Act 3

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, Love Scene and Liebestod



Programme 21

6, 7 March 1953

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

BRAND
Wonderful One-Hoss-Shay

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Nathan Milstein, violin

Programme 22

13, 14 March 1953

Eugene Ormandy

RESPIGHI
The Birds, suite

KRENEK
Medea, dramatic monologue

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano

Programme 23

20. 21 March 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Rudolf Serkin, piano



Programme 24

27, 28 March 1953

Eugene Ormandy

PENDLETON
Prelude, Fanfare and Fugue

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

STRAUSS
Don Juan

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1

RAVEL
Une Barque sur l'océan

Anshel Brusilow, violin

Programme 25

4, 6 April 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Gesang der Parzen

BRAHMS
A German Requiem

Francis Yeend, soprano
Mack Harrell, baritone
Choirs from Local Schools

Programme 26

10, 11 April 1953

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Organ Concerto No. 13

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 7

COPLAND
Quiet City

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

William R. Smith, organ


Programme 27

17, 18 April 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

BACH
Concerto for Two Violins

BACH
Toccata, Intermezzo and Fugue in C major (orch. Ormandy)

Rita Kolacz, soprano
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
David Madison, violin

Programme 28

24, 25 April 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite



1953 – 1954

Programme 1

2, 3 October 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Ormandy)

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

RAVEL
La Valse

Programme 2

9, 10 October 1953

Eugene Ormandy

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

RACHMANINOV
In the Cellar from The Miserly Knight

DEBUSSY
La mer

Mack Harrell, baritone

Programme 3

16, 17 October 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
The Consecration of the House, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'



Programme 4

30, 31 October 1953

Eugene Ormandy

MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 21

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

BLOCH
Macbeth, Two Interludes

DEBUSSY
Reflets dans l'eau

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

Erwin Laszlo, piano

Programme 5

6, 7 November 1953

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 100

NOBOKOV
Cello Concerto

SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 6

SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1

Lorne Munroe, cello



Programme 6

13, 14 November 1953

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

WAGNER
Five Wesendonck Lieder

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Funeral Music and Immolation Scene

Margaret Harshaw, soprano

Programme 7

20, 21 November 1953

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Programme 8

27, 28 November 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Efrem Zimbalist, violin



Programme 9

4, 5 December 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Rita Kolacz, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
Harold Haugh, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass baritone
Temple University Choirs

Programme 10

11, 12 December 1953

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Notturno for Four Orchestra

MOZART
Missa brevis, Kyrie, Agnus dei and Offertory

SCHUBERT
Psalm 23

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Waldmeister, Overture

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Pizzicato Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Perpetuum mobile

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Blue Danube, waltz

VARIOUS
Christmas Carols

Trapp Family Singers



Programme 11

18, 19 December 1953

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Grosse Fuge (arr. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Eugene Istomin, piano

Programme 12

26, 28 December 1953

Igor Stravinsky

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, 'Little Russian'

STRAVINSKY
Scènes de ballet

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, suite

Programme 13

1, 2 January 1954

William Steinberg

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1



Programme 14

8, 9 January 1954

Eduard van Beinum

HAYDN
Symphony No. 96

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Programme 15

15, 16 January 1954

Eduard van Beinum

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

ANDRIESSEN
Ricercare

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Programme 16

22, 23 January 1954

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'

THOMSON
Three Pictures for Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Nathan Milstein, violin



Programme 17

29, 30 January 1954

Eugene Ormandy

CARL PHILIP EMMANUEL BACH
Concerto in D major for strings

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra

Programme 18

5, 6 February 1954

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 23

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Programme 19

12, 13 February 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

Rudolf Serkin, piano



Programme 20

26, 27 February 1954

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
The Bells

PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky

Francis Yeend, soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Lorna Sydney, contralto
Temple University Choirs

Programme 21

5, 6 March 1954

Eugene Ormandy

LANDRE
Symphony No. 3

MENOTTI
Piano Concerto in F major

MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1

YARDUMIAN
Armenian Suite

Programme 22

12, 13 March 1954

Eugene Ormandy

ZADOR
Elegie and Dance

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Norman Carol, violin



Programme 23

19, 20 March 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Komm süsser Tod, chorale prelude (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

BACH
Ach Gott, vom Himmel Sieh; chorale Prelude (orch. McDonald)

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2

BACH
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Flute and Strings

BACH
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Elgar)

William Kincaid, flute
William R. Smith, piano
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin

Programme 24

26, 27 March 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin



Programme 25

2, 3 April 1954

Eugene Ormandy

VIVALDI
Concerto grosso in D major

PISTON
Symphony No. 4

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

Byron Janis, piano

Programme 26

9, 10 April 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Programme 27

17, 19 April 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BRAHMS
Four Serious Songs

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

William Warfield, baritone



Programme 28

23, 24 April 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite



1954 – 1955



The first week of concerts was cancelled due to industrial action


Programme 1

15, 16 October 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Arioso from Cantata No. 156 (arr. Smith)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

DELLO JOIO
Epigraph

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome

Programme 2

29, 30 October 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in C minor (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

BACH
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major

BACH
Concerto in D minor for organ and orchestra

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major (orch. Schoenberg)

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Virgil Fox, organ


Programme 3

5, 6 November 1954

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3

Alexander Brailowsky, piano

Programme 4

12, 13 November 1954

Eugene Ormandy

REZNICEK
Donna Diana, overture

HAYDN
Symphony No. 45, 'Farewell'

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5

JOHANN STRAUSS II
The Gypsy Baron, overture

JOSEF STRAUSS
Sphärenklange, waltz

Jeanne Mitchell, violin


Programme 5

19, 20 November 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Little Fugue in G minor (orch. Smith)

BACH
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

BACH
Partita No. 1

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 4

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord
Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
William Kincaid, flute
Robert Cole, flute

Programme 6

26, 27 November 1954

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 4

STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

Rudolf Serkin, piano


Programme 7

3, 4 December 1954

Eugene Ormandy

STRAUSS
Don Juan

STRAUSS
Four Last Songs

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

STRAUSS
Salome, final scene

Phyllis Curtin, soprano

Programme 8

10, 11 December 1954

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio (orch. Cailliet)

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

BACH
Suite from the French Suites (orch. Honegger)

BACH
Piano Concerto in A major

BACH
Toccata, Intermezzo and Fugue in C major (orch. Ormandy)

Agi Jambor, piano
David Madison, violin
William Kincaid, flute


Programme 9

17, 18 December 1954

Eugene Ormandy

CORELLI
Christmas Concerto

PERSICHETTI
Symphony No. 4

DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto

Nathan Milstein, violin

Programme 10

24, 27 December 1954

Eugene Ormandy

HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel, staged concert version

Manfred Hecht, baritone
Willabella Underwood, soprano
Edith Evans, mezzo soprano
Adelaide Bishop. soprano
Luigi Vellucci, tenor
June Goodman, soprano
The Bryn Mawr College Chorus


Programme 11

31 December 1954, 1 January 1955

Eugene Ormandy

JOHANN STRAUSS I
Radetzky March

JOSEF STRAUSS
Schwert und Leier, waltz

JOSEF STRAUSS
Die Libelle, polka

JOSEF STRAUSS
Auf Ferienreisen, polka

JOSEF STRAUSS
Klappermäulschen, polka

JOSEF STRAUSS
Mailust, polka

EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn Frei!, galop

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
New Pizzicato Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Bei uns d'Haus, polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Auf der Jagd, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Im Krapfenwald, polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tändelei, polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, waltz


Programme 12

7, 8 January 1955

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Toshiya Eto, violin

Programme 13

14, 15 January 1955

Heitor Villa-Lobos

VILLA-LOBOS
Bachiana brasileiras No. 8

VILLA-LOBOS
Sinfonia No. 8

VILLA-LOBOS
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

VILLA-LOBOS
Chôros No. 6

Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

Programme 14

21, 22 January 1955

Thor Johnson

VIVALDI
Piccolo Concerto in A minor (arr. Malipiero)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Job, A Masque for Dancing

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8

John Krell, piccolo


Programme 15

28, 29 January 1955

Sir Malcolm Sargent

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Wasps, overture

HANDEL
Music for the Royal Fireworks (orch. Harty)

BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Programme 16

4, 5 February 1955

Sir Malcolm Sargent

HAYDN
Symphony No. 86

DELIUS
Brigg Fair

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture

WALTON
Symphony No. 1

Programme 17

11, 12 February 1955

Russell Stanger

MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

HINDEMITH
Symphony, 'Mathis der Maler'

RAVEL
La Valse

Eugene Istomin, piano


Programme 18

18, 19 February 1955

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 1

HANSON
Sinfonia sacra (Symphony No. 5)

MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde

Eunice Alberts, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor

Programme 19

25, 26 February 1955

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Pohjola's Daughter

GESENSWAY
The Four Squares of Philadelphia

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Efrem Zimbalist, violin


Programme 20

12, 13 March 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
O Mensch bewein dein sunde Gross, chorale prelude (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe and strings

BACH
Chaconne in D minor (orch. Steinberg)

BACH
Cantata No. 4, 'Christ Lay in Deatl's Dark Prison

BACH
The Wise Virgins, ballet suite (orch. Walton)

David Madison, violin
John de Lancie, oboe
Chorus of members of local Concert and Choral Societies

Programme 21

18, 19 March 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BLOCH
Schelomo

THOMPSON
A Trip to Nahant

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

Lorne Munroe, cello
Solomon, piano


Programme 22

25, 26 March 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BLOCH
Concerto Grosso No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

Maryan Filar, piano

Programme 23

2, 4 April 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
St. Matthew Passion

Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Kenneth Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs

Programme 24

8, 9 April 1955

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude Act 1, Transformation Scene, Magic Garden and Flower Maidens, Good Friday Music, Closing Scene Act 3


Programme 25

15, 16 April 1955

Eugene Ormandy

YARMUDIAN
Psalm 130

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Howell Zulick, tenor
Anshel Brusilow, violin

Programme 26

22, 23 April 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

Ervin Laszlo, piano

Programme 27

29. 30 April 1955

Eugene Ormandy

COUPERIN
Overture and Allegro from La Sultane

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)



1955 – 1956

Programme 1

30 September, 1 October 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

VON EINEM
Concerto for Orchestra

RAVEL
La valse

Programme 2

7, 8 October 1955

Eugene Ormandy

RIEGGER
Canon and Fugue in D minor

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

Emil Gilels, piano

Programme 3

14, 15 October 1955

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Rakastava, Suite

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

SIBELIUS
Tapiola

SIBELIUS
Finlandia


Programme 4

21, 22 October 1955

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (orch. Smith)

HARRIS
Symphony No. 7

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Geza Anda, piano

Programme 5

4, 5 November 1955

Eugene Ormandy

DVOŘÁK
Serenade for strings

BIZET
Symphony

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Ivry Gitlis, violin

Programme 6

11, 12 November 1955

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

WAGNER
Elisabeth's Prayer from Tannhäuser

WAGNER
Sieglinde's Aria, 'Du bist der Lenz' from Die Walküre

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death and Funeral March and Immolation and Closing Scene

Margaret Harshaw, soprano

Programme 7

18, 19 November 1955

Eugene Ormandy

MILHAUD
Suite Française

MARTINŮ
Violin and Piano Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Benno Rabinol, violin
Sylvia Rabinol, piano

Programme 8

25, 26 November 1955

Eugene Ormandy

HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

David Oistrakh, violin

Programme 9

2, 3 December 1955

Eugene Ormandy

PISTON
Toccata for Orchestra

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Lorne Munroe, cello
Harry Zaratzian, viola




Programme 10

9, 10 December 1955

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
En Saga

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6

SIBELIUS
The Oceanides

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

Anshel Brusilow, violin

Programme 11

16, 17 December 1955

Eugene Ormandy

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

COPLAND
Billy the Kid, suite

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Women's Voices of the Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Programme 12

22, 23 December 1955

Eugene Ormandy

D'ALESSANDRO
Concerto Grosso for Strings

BIZET
Symphony in C

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Isaac Stern, violin


Programme 13

30, 31 December 1955

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

JOSEF STRAUSS
Dorfschwalben, waltz

JOSEF STRAUSS
Mailuft, waltz

JOSEF STRAUSS
Feuerfest, polka

EDUARD STRAUSS
Bahn Frei!, galop

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Roses from the South, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Aud der Jagd, polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz

Programme 14

6, 7 January 1956

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 4

MOZART
Clarinet Concerto

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet



Programme 15

13, 14 January 1956

Paul Paray

BARBER
Symphony in One Movement

CHAUSSON
Symphony

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Programme 16

20, 21 January 1956

George Szell

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

DELIUS
Prelude to Irmelin

DEBUSSY
La mer

Programme 17

27, 28 January 1956

Sir Thomas Beecham

MOZART
Divertimento in D, K. 131

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

MOZART
King Thamos, incidental music

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


Programme 18

3, 4 February 1956

Sir Thomas Beecham

HAYDN
Symphony No. 102

HANDEL
The Great Elopement, ballet suite (arr. Beecham)

DELIUS
Paris, The Song of a Great City

BERLIOZ
Royal Hunt, Storm and Trojan March from Les Troyens

Programme 19

10, 11 February 1956

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Concerto in D major (orch. Ormandy)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

THOMSON
Flute Concerto

BLACHER
Paganini Variations

William Kincaid, flute

Programme 20

17, 18 February 1956

Eugene Ormandy

YARDUMIAN
Cantus Animae et Cordis

HAYDN
Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle'

STRAUSS
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Zino Francescatti, violin
Programme 21

24, 25 February 1956

Eugene Ormandy

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

Marlys Watters, soprano
Blanche Thebom, contralto
Rutgers University Chorus

Programme 22

2, 3 March 1956

William R. Smith
Eugene Ormandy*

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 29

BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliet, symphonic excerpts

STRAUSS*
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

STRAUSS*
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Programme 23

9, 10 March 1956

Eugene Ormandy

SCHUMAN
Credendum

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

Rudolf Serkin, piano



Programme 24

16, 17 March 1956

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
Hymn to the Earth

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

SIBELIUS
Lemminkäinen Suite

Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Programme 25

23, 24 March 1956

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

ROZSA
The Vintner's Daughter

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

Programme 26

30, 31 March 1956

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Mass in C minor, K. 427

Maria Stader, soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo soprano
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Temple University Choirs



Programme 27

6, 7 April 1956

Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
Vocalise

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

Eugene Istomin, piano

Programme 28

13, 14 April 1956

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 1

FRANCK
Symphony

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz

1956 – 1957

Programme 1

5, 6 October 1956

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Divertimento No. 17 in D

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Programme 2

12, 13 October 1956

Eugene Ormandy

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltzes

Programme 3

26, 27 October 1956

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 88

VON EINEM
Concerto for Orchestra

ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

Guiomar Novaes, piano


Programme 4

2, 3 November 1956

Eugene Ormandy

BARBER
The School for Scandal, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

JOLIVET
Piano Concerto

DEBUSSY
Printemps

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Philippe Entremont, piano

Programme 5

9, 10 November 1956

Eugene Ormandy

KABALEVSKY
Colas Breugnon, overture

GLIÈRE
Symphony No. 3, 'Il'ya Mourometz'

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Programme 6

16, 17 November 1956

Eugene Ormandy

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

McDONALD
Symphony No. 3, 'Lamentations of Fu Hsuan'

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

Gregor Piatigorsky, cello



Programme 7

23, 24 November 1956

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet, fantasy overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

John Pennink, piano

Programme 8

30 November, 1 December 1956

Eugene Ormandy

DELLO JOIO
Variations, Chaconne and Finale

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Programme 9

7, 8 December 1956

Eugene Ormandy

VIVALDI
Concerto Grosso in A major, 'Echo' for two violins and strings (orch. Molinari)

MOZART
Recitative and Aria from Idomeneo

STRAUSS
Zerbinetta's Aria from Ariadne auf Naxos

ORFF
The Trumph of Aphrodite

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin
David Madison, violin
Hilde Güden, soprano
Rudolf Petrak, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs


Programme 10

14, 15 December 1956

Eugene Ormandy

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture, Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 26

RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

DEBUSSY
La mer

Robert Casadesus, piano

Programme 11

21, 22 December 1956

Eugene Ormandy

McCOLLIN
Two Chorale Preludes

PERPESSO
Christus Symphony

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, suite

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz

Programme 12

28, 29 December 1956

Ernest Ansermet

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 3, 'Liturgique'

RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite

RAVEL
La Valse


Programme 13

4, 5 January 1957

Ernest Ansermet

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

DEBUSSY
Images

Programme 14

11, 12 January 1957

Pierre Monteux

STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, suite

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

DEBUSSY
Pelléas et Mélisande, five preludes and interludes

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture

Programme 15

18, 19 January 1957

William Steinberg

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

ALBENIZ
Five Excerpts from Iberia (orch. Arbos)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'



Programme 16

25, 26 January 1957

Eugene Ormandy

HARRIS
Symphony No. 3

HINDEMITH
Noblissima Visione

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Programme 17

1, 2 February 1957

Eugene Ormandy

GESENSWAY
Now Let the Night Be Dark for All of Me

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Programme 18

8, 9 February 1957

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

HELLMESBERGER
Ball Scene

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Wine, Women and Song, waltz

JOHANN STRAUSS II
New Pizzicato Polka

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Voices of Spring, Waltz


Programme 19

15, 16 February 1957

Eugene Ormandy

VERDI
Messa da Requiem

Leontyne Price, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Richard Tucker, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Rutgers University Choir
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Programme 20

22, 23 Febuary 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BORODIN
Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 (arr. Sargent)

HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

STRAUSS
Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten

Norman Carol, violin

Programme 21

1, 2 March 1957

Charles Munch

BERLIOZ
Love Scene from Roméo et Juliette

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2

RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin

ROUSSEL
Symphony No. 3


Programme 22

8, 9 March 1957

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro, overture

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

WIENIAWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

Isaac Stern, violin

Programme 23

15, 16 March 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Organ Sonata No. 1 (Arr. Ormandy)

CARL PHILIPP BACH
Concerto for orchestra in D major (orch. Steinberg}

WILHELM FRIEDMANN BACH
Sinfonia in D minor for two flutes and strings

BACH
Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring (orch. Cailliet)

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Sinfonia for Double Orchestra No. 3 (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Ormandy)



Programme 24

22, 23 March 1957

William R. Smith
Eugene Ormandy*

ROSSINI
La Scala di Seta, overture

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

MOZART
Horn Concerto No. 4

BARTÓK*
Concerto for Orchestra

Mason Jones, horn

Programme 25

29, 30 March 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Alexander Brailowsky, piano

Programme 26

5, 6 April 1957

Eugene Ormandy

ZADOR
Divertimento for String Orchestra

PROKOFIEV
Scythian Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'



Programme 27

12, 13 April 1957

Eugene Ormandy

VINCENT
Symphony in D major

CHAUSSON
Poème for violin and orchestra

RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome

VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No. 4

Zino Francescatti, violin

Programme 28

19, 20 April 1957

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

Byron Janis, piano



1957 – 1958

Programme 1

27, 28 September 1957

Eugene Ormandy

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka, Suite

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 4 (revised version)

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Programme 2

4, 5 October 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (orch. Thomson)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Eugene Istomin, piano

Programme 3

11, 12 October 1957

Eugene Ormandy

DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture

SCHUMAN
Credendum

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes

BERLIOZ
Harold in Italy

Carlton Cooley, viola


Programme 4

25, 26 October 1957

Eugene Ormandy

ELGAR
Introduction and Allegro

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (orch. Ormandy)

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Programme 5

1, 2 November 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Ricercare from The Musical Offering (orch. Ormandy)

BACH
Piano Concerto in D major

BACH
Goldberg Variations (orch. Nabokov)

BACH
Piano Concerto in D minor

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Ormandy)

Agi Jambor, piano

Programme 6

8, 9 November 1957

Eugene Ormandy

SCHIBLER
Passacaglia

COWELL
Symphony No. 11

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Zino Francescatti, violin


Programme 7

15, 16 November 1957

Eugene Ormandy

CORELLI
Suite for Strings

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

WEINER
Piano Concertino in E minor

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

Louis Kentner, piano

Programme 8

22, 23 November 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore No. 2, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

Programme 9

29, 30 November 1957

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 93

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

ROREM
Design for Orchestra

LISZT
Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Thomas Brockman, piano


Programme 10

6, 7 December 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN
Abscheulicher, aria from Fidelio

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

WAGNER
Elsa's Dream from Lohengrin

WAGNER
Dich teure Halle from Tannhäuser

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Aase Nordmo Lövberg, soprano

Programme 11

13, 14 December 1957

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture

SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Lorne Munroe, cello



Programme 12

20, 21 December 1957

William Smith

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

BARBER
Violin Concerto

RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso

RAVEL
Tzigane

RAVEL
Bolero

Camilla Wicks, violin

Programme 13

27, 28 December 1957

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Idomeneo, overture

MOZART
Flute and Harp Concerto

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus, Overture

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Emperor, waltz

William KincIaid, flute
Marilyn Costello, harp



Programme 14

3, 4 January 1958

Eugene Ormandy

HANDEL
Overture in D minor

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

YARDUMIAN
Piano Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Rudolf Firkusny, piano

Programme 15

10, 11 January 1958

Eugene Ormandy

VIVALDI
Winter from The Seasons

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin

Programme 16

31 January, 1 February 1958

Eugene Ormandy

STRAUSS
Daphne, excerpts

DEBUSSY
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Hilde Güden, soprano
Ethelyn Whitmore, mezzo soprano
Natalie Möckel, mezzo soprano
Vera Zorina, narrator
Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus



Programme 17

7, 8 February 1958

Erich Leinsdorf

CIMAROSA
Gli Orazil e Curiazil, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

ROUSSEL
Suite in F major

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

Programme 18

14, 15 February 1958

Paul Kletzki

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 2

DEBUSSY
La mer

Programme 19

21, 22 February 1958

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome

Emil Gilels, piano



Programme 20

28 February, 1 March 1958

Igor Markevitch

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

HINDEMITH
Concerto for Orchestra

FALLA
The Three Cornered Hat, suite

Programme 21

7, 8 March 1958

Fritz Reiner

BERLIOZ
Beatrice and Benedict, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

Programme 22

14, 15 March 1958

William Smith

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

ROZSA
Violin Concerto

DOHNÁNYI
Suite in F sharp minor

KODÁLY
Dances of Galanta

Jacob Krachmalnick, violin




Programme 23

21, 22 March 1958

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Don Juan

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Isaac Stern, violin

Programme 24

28, 29 March 1958

Eugene Ormandy

ROZSA
Concerto for String Orchestra

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 4

ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 1

MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 2

Rudolf Serkin, piano

Programme 25

4, 5 April 1958

Eugene Ormandy

WAGNER
Parsifal, Good Friday Music

BOROWSKI
Ecce Homo

SMETANA
Vltava

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5


Programme 26
11, 12 April 1958
Eugene Ormandy

RACHMANINOV
Vocalise

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Programme 27

18, 19 April 1958

Eugene Ormandy

BUSCH
Psalm No. 6

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Maria Stader, soprano
Blanche Thebom, contralto
Thomas Hayward, tenor
McHenry Boatwright, bass
Temple University Choir

Programme 28

25, 26 April 1958

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore No. 3, overture

COPLAND
Quiet City

GERSHWIN
An American in Paris

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1